The Directorate of Open and Distance Learning of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, is currently offering twenty one certificate courses for the benefit of farmers, entrepreneurs and self-help groups. Course details
The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province Monday has neared 15,000, and more than 20,000 are reportedly still trapped under rubble. This is China's most devastating earthquake since the July 1976 earthquake in Tangshan, Hebei Province, which killed about 242,000 people. The international community must not lose any time in extending assistance to China in its efforts to search for, rescue and take care of quake victims.
The Red Cross estimated Wednesday that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000
Biofarm empowers the farmers to use common resources found locally Safe and secure: Women have been trained in the manufacture of low cost bio-liquid formulations. For almost the last fifty years Indian agricultural practices have mainly concentrated on increasing yield, leading to the cultivation more mono crops (single crops). This in turn has made the crops highly vulnerable to pest attacks, soil becoming barren, and ground water toxic.
Plant ecologists, as well as farmers and gardeners, took note of a particularly harsh turn of the weather in early April, 2007. The
Some 30 years ago, as the United States began to tighten its environmental regulations on residential and industrial wastewater, operators of sewage-treatment plants embraced what seemed an eminently sensible idea. They decided to take the rich organic sludge left over after clean water is extracted and sell it to farmers as fertilizer. The programme might well be as sensible as it seems. It is possible that the millions of tonnes of sludge being spread across the rural landscape contain no significant levels of toxic chemicals, heavy metals or disease-causing organisms.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emanates from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants and other generators and is a greenhouse gas. Existing CO2 capture techniques involve the use of solid materials that lack sufficient stability for repeated use
Astronauts living on the International Space Station soon will take recycling to new extremes: They'll get some of their drinking water from the toilet. NASA has spent decades perfecting a system to transform urine into water that can be used in space for drinking, food preparation and washing. Agency officials say the water from the system will be cleaner than U.S. tap water.
Science's effects are biological, environmental, sociological and ethical Drug abuse: Dr. Albert Hofmann's discovery of LSD led to its use as a
The Bush administration listed the polar bear as a threatened species Wednesday, agreeing with conservationists that the bear's Arctic habitat is melting due to global warming. That is where the agreement with conservationists ends. "This listing will not stop global climate change or prevent any sea ice from melting," Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said while announcing the decision. The Endangered Species Act should not be "abused to make global warming policies," he said.
With the sudden change in weather on Wednesday morning, chaos reigned at the IGI airport as at least six flights had to be diverted and several delayed due to strong winds. According to sources, strong winds lashed the city during the morning hours and the airport was affected between 9.55 am and 10.27 am. During this period, at least six flights had to be diverted to nearby cities and those flights that were waiting in queue for take-off were delayed by 15-35 minutes.
The US will provide more financial and technical support to agricultural sector to promote academic and research activities. This was stated by members of a US delegation while talking to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan, during their visit to the University on Wednesday. Higher Education Specialist Academy of Educational Development, USA, Dr Jerry Boardman told the Vice Chancellor that US need based scholarship programme will be enhanced to provide more financial support to the intelligent and needy students.
Water shortage in the federal capital is worsening as mercury rises with sectors of the I-series hit at the most from the shortage. According to an official of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the Authority was receiving 6-8 hundreds complaints a day regarding the insufficient supply of water most of which were coming from the I-series of sectors of the city. The Authority was trying its best to coup with the situation but the 6-hours long power outage was the major obstacle in its way, said an official of the Water Supply Directorate of CDA.
The waste immobilisation plant at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, will soon become operational Radioactive material that is vitrified will not leach and contaminate the ground water or soil The vitrified waste put into canisters is kept in an overpack and then kept in underground vaults
Few scientific creations have had greater impact on public opinion and policy than computer models of Earth's climate. These models, which unanimously show a rising tide of red as temperatures climb worldwide, have been key over the past decade in forging the scientific and political consensus that global warming is a grave danger. (Editorial)
Windstorms and heavy rainfall often leave Lutyens' Delhi littered with uprooted trees and fallen branches. New Delhi Municipal Council says
Two days after an earthquake ravaged south-west China, rescuers continued the search for survivors, with efforts focussing on Wenchuan County, the epicentre. Wenchuan was cut-off until some 24 hours after the quake struck, the roads leading into the area blocked by rubble and weather conditions making aerial landings impossible. The death toll continued to soar as hitherto unreachable areas were breached by rescue workers.
Sindh Information Minister Shazia Mari said on Wednesday that the problems are well beyond the available facilities, but government is making its all efforts to increase the living standard of people, she was addressing inauguration of 'Birth Rate Control Program' held by Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH).
A squall with a wind speed up to 104 kmph caught the city unawares on Wednesday morning and left behind a trail of destruction
The India Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast that the onset of the South-west Monsoon over Kerala is likely on May 29, with a model error of plus or minus four days. In other words, the monsoon could enter the Indian landmass between May 25 and June 2. The normal date of onset over Kerala is June 1. Meanwhile, with the strengthening and deepening of the monsoon winds and widespread rainfall activity, the monsoon has already entered the waters surrounding the country.
